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<blockquote data-quote="KFld" data-source="post: 28880" data-attributes="member: 2442"><p>Hello and welcome. Your story is not unlike many of ours here, yours just happens to be at the beginning stage. The staying out all night, being disrespectful, most of us have been there done that. Some of us have figured out ways to gain control and others are still working on it. I think it all depends on your tolerance level. My difficult child is a 20 year old recovering heroin addict who started pretty much the same way as yours did. He never stayed out all night and was never really disrespectful to us, so we were pretty much blindsided by his addiction, but we did know he was smoking pot and just always hoped and believed that was as far as it would go. You mentioned the alternative school. We sent ours to one also, which in one way was a complete blessing because he never would have graduated highschool otherwise, but it also put him into the mix of kids who were what I guess you would say "just like him", adhd, learning disabilites, low self esteem, pot smoking, which eventually led to other things, because there really wasn't any other type of kid there to get involved with, so you couldn't really choose the type of people you were going to hang with. </p><p>We discovered his heroin addiction 3 weeks before graduation and it's been a long, but right now, successful road. </p><p>You and your wife should get yourselves to a parent alanon meeting. It will make you much stronger people while dealing with this. Everyone in the room has been where you are now at some point and there is so much you can do for yourselves, that in return will help him.</p><p></p><p>I have to run off to work, but will check in later and I'm sure many others will respond soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KFld, post: 28880, member: 2442"] Hello and welcome. Your story is not unlike many of ours here, yours just happens to be at the beginning stage. The staying out all night, being disrespectful, most of us have been there done that. Some of us have figured out ways to gain control and others are still working on it. I think it all depends on your tolerance level. My difficult child is a 20 year old recovering heroin addict who started pretty much the same way as yours did. He never stayed out all night and was never really disrespectful to us, so we were pretty much blindsided by his addiction, but we did know he was smoking pot and just always hoped and believed that was as far as it would go. You mentioned the alternative school. We sent ours to one also, which in one way was a complete blessing because he never would have graduated highschool otherwise, but it also put him into the mix of kids who were what I guess you would say "just like him", adhd, learning disabilites, low self esteem, pot smoking, which eventually led to other things, because there really wasn't any other type of kid there to get involved with, so you couldn't really choose the type of people you were going to hang with. We discovered his heroin addiction 3 weeks before graduation and it's been a long, but right now, successful road. You and your wife should get yourselves to a parent alanon meeting. It will make you much stronger people while dealing with this. Everyone in the room has been where you are now at some point and there is so much you can do for yourselves, that in return will help him. I have to run off to work, but will check in later and I'm sure many others will respond soon. [/QUOTE]
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